Research Article
The Celiac Disease Patients’ Ability to Experience Pleasure
Table 1
Study population characteristics.
| Variables | | | |
| | 178 CeD subjects | 173 Controls | | Sex (% females) | 134 (75.3) | 115 (66.5) | 0.07 | Age test | | | 0.7 | Job | (i) Unemployed | 7 (3.9) | 6 (3.5) | 0.06 | (ii) Student | 30 (16.8) | 28 (16.2) | (iii) Stay-at-home | 20 (11.2) | 12 (6.9) | (iv) White collar workers | 74 (41.6) | 63 (36.4) | (v) Professional | 40 (22.5) | 42 (24.3) | (vi) Blue collar workers | 7 (3.9) | 22 (12.72) | Relationship | (i) Single | 26 (14.6) | 36 (20.8) | 0.7 | (ii) In a relationship | 58 (32.6) | 64 (36.9) | (iii) Married | 94 (52.8) | 73 (42.2) | Time of GFD | Median 8 (range 1-39) | — | | Compliance | Median 10 (range 0-10) | — | |
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1 patient reported 0, three reported 5, 1 said seven, 9 reported 8, 24 reported 24, and all the rest 10. |